Srokovski: Chess training for post-beginners

Autor: Srokovski, Yaroslav
Verlag: New in Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 221

''Every player who studies my book intensively will gain at least 100 Elo points.'' -- Yaroslav Srokovski

The next step for post-beginners

You have learned the rules of chess and developed some tactical skills. You are fascinated by the game and want to know more. So, the question is: what’s next? What is the best way to improve your play and start winning?

Yaroslav Srokovski, one of the most successful chess trainers in Europe, has developed a practical course which addresses the challenges that ambitious post-beginners face.


• What is the best way to train at chess?
• How do you acquire the ability to assess a position on the board?
• What should you try to achieve in the various stages of the game?
• Which long-term advantages should you aim for in which type of position?

In a clear and concise manner, Srokovski explains basic positional motifs like the strengths and weaknesses of pieces and pawns, of squares, files and diagonals. He illustrates all of these with highly instructive examples. His tried and tested training material includes many exercises.

Yaroslav Srokovski is an International Master from Ukraine. Quite a few of his students have reached master or grandmaster level. Srokovski was appointed Senior Trainer by the world chess federation FIDE and has received the highest Soviet award for chess trainers, the Chigorin Medal.


211 pages, 1st edition 2014, paperback, English.

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